Abstract: A residual toxicant detection device for testing residual toxicant in an aqueous solution is disclosed, which includes a first space cavity, a second space cavity, a connecting frame and a sensing cavity. The first space cavity includes a light source and a lens. The second space cavity includes a photo sensor and a circuit module. The connecting frame is configured to connect the first space cavity and the second space cavity. The sensing cavity for receiving an aqueous solution is formed between the first space cavity and the second space cavity and at one side of the connecting frame. The light source emits a light with a wavelength range. The photo sensor receives the sensing signal of the light passing through the sensing cavity. The circuit module is configured to calculate the absorbance and the variation in absorbance of the residual toxicants in the aqueous solution.

Abstract: A conjugated polymer that is an electron donor, that is soluble without aggregation, that is solution-coatable and is dryable at a temperature below 70° C., that has an energy conversion efficiency of 7 % or more over an area of 5 cm2 or more, and that is composed of a repeating unit represented by Chemical Formula 1A below: where x is a real number from 0.1 to 0.2; and n is an integer from 1 to 1,000. The conjugated polymer forms a uniform thin film over a large area of, for example, an organic solar cell, without a heat treatment due to superior solubility and crystallinity at low temperature and, thus, allows fabrication of an organic solar cell with high efficiency at a low temperature.

Abstract: Thermal management systems for battery cells and methods for their additive manufacture are provided. The thermal management systems include at least one heat pipe that physically contacts the battery cell and conforms to its geometry. Each battery cell is deposited within a separate heat pipe, and each heat pipe is disposed on a base plate, which itself connects to a heat sink. In many embodiments, the heat pipe is a two-phase heat exchanger having three major components: liquid channels, wick elements, and vapor channels. In such embodiments, the wick component comprises a porous body configured to be disposed between the liquid channels and vapor channels. The wick component may be made using a stochastic additive manufacturing process such that the wick component may take any configuration and/or such that the wick component may be directly integrated into the body of the heat pipe as a unitary piece thereof.

Abstract: A method of nonblocking optical switching includes guiding a first optical beam from a first input to a first output via a first path through an optical switching fabric. The first path traverses a phase shifter disposed between a pair of cascaded Mach-Zehnder interferometers. The method also includes receiving a second optical beam for a second path intersecting with the first path through the optical switching fabric. The method also includes moving the first optical beam from the first path to a third path connecting the first input to the first output without intersecting the second path. The method also includes shifting a phase of the first optical beam, with the phase shifter, while moving the first optical beam from the first path to the third path to prevent the first optical beam from interfering with the second optical beam.

Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method is disclosed. An image decoding method of the present invention may comprise deriving slice mode information on a slice included in a current picture, deriving slice identification information on the basis of the slice mode information, and decoding the slice on the basis of the slice identification information.

Abstract: Ti-based metal matrix composites, methods of their additive manufacture, and parts manufactured therefrom and thereby are provided. Method include layer-by-layer additive manufacturing for fabricating Ti-based metal matrix composite parts thicker than 0.5 mm, in layers with thickness between 10-1000 micrometers. The parts formed may have one or more of the following properties: a tensile strength greater than 1 GPa, a fracture toughness greater than 40 MPa m1/2, a yield strength divided by the density greater than 200 MPa cm3/g, and a total strain to failure in a tension test greater than 5%.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for predicting an object of interest of a user receives an input image of a visible region of a user and gaze information including a gaze sequence of the user, generates weight filters for a per-frame segmentation image by analyzing a frame of the input image for input characteristics of the per-frame segmentation image and the gaze information, and predicts an object of interest of the user by integrating the weight filters and applies the integrated weight filter to the per-frame segmentation image.

Abstract: The invention provides for delivery, engineering and optimization of systems, methods and compositions for manipulation of sequences and/or activities of target sequences. Provided are delivery systems and tissues or organ which are targeted as sites for delivery. Also provided are vectors and vector systems some of which encode one or more components of a CRISPR complex, as well as methods for the design and use of such vectors. Also provided are methods of directing CRISPR complex formation in eukaryotic cells to ensure enhanced specificity for target recognition and avoidance of toxicity and to edit or modify a target site in a genomic locus of interest to alter or improve the status of a disease or a condition.

Abstract: A method of generating a terahertz wave and apparatuses performing the method are disclosed. According to an example embodiment, a method of generating a terahertz wave includes outputting a laser comb by modulating a laser output from a laser source based on a linearly modulated frequency of an output that is output from a frequency source, and generating a terahertz wave based on a first comb line and a second comb line selected from the laser comb.

Abstract: In an embodiment, there is provided a method of predicting respiratory motion in real-time. The method includes training, by a training module, a recurrent neural network circuitry in real time. The training is performed over a training time interval. The training is based, at least in part, on a training data set. The training data set includes a training number of measured position samples. The measured position samples are related to respiratory motion of a patient target region. The method further includes predicting, by the trained recurrent neural network circuitry, a future position of the patient target region at a future point in time based, at least in part, on a prediction data set. The future point in time is a look ahead time interval in the future relative to a prediction time interval. The prediction data set includes a prediction number of measured position samples.

Abstract: Provided is a separating agent with an improved dynamic binding capacity (DBC) to a target substance. The separating agent includes a carrier and a protein, wherein the protein is a given protein, and a surface of the carrier and added lysine residues in the protein are bound by chemical bonds.

Abstract: Provided herein are methods and systems for amplifying and/or detecting target double-stranded or single-stranded nucleic acids. The methods comprise combining a sample comprising the target nucleic acid with an amplification reaction mixture, amplifying the target nucleic acid, and further amplifying the target nucleic acid by repeated opening, unwinding, annealing and extension under isothermal conditions. The amplification reaction mixture may include an amplification CRISPR system, a helicase, a primer pair, and a polymerase. The amplification CRISPR system may comprise a first and second CRISPR/Cas complex, the first and second CRISPR/Cas complex may comprise a first CRISPR/Cas enzyme and a first guide molecule that guides the first CRISPR/Cas complex to a first strand of the target nucleic acid; the second CRISPR/Cas complex may comprise a second CRISPR/Cas enzyme and a second guide molecule that guides the second CRISPR/Cas complex to a second strand of the target nucleic acid.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method to control at least one actuator to carry out at least one task comprising repetitive sequences of operations, shorter than 1000 milliseconds by acquiring of endogenously generated electrical potentials within gamma frequency range generated by the brain and/or by the muscles of the body, head, or eyes of a human user, by acquiring electrical signals with sampling rate of at least 250 samples/s, by extracting the features of the signals related to high-frequency gamma waves between 30-200 Hz, by classifying, mapping and converting the signals into actions in real time, and by sending feedback and neurofeedback to a human user to enable him to control the interface.

Abstract: Disclosed are a catalyst electrode for a fuel cell, a method for fabricating the catalyst electrode, and a fuel cell including the catalyst electrode. The presence of an ionomer-ionomer support composite in the catalyst electrode prevents the porous structure of the catalyst electrode from collapsing due to oxidation of a carbon support to avoid an increase in resistance to gas diffusion and can stably secure proton channels. The presence of carbon materials with high conductivity is effective in preventing the electrical conductivity of the electrode from deterioration resulting from the use of a metal oxide in the ionomer-ionomer support composite and is also effective in suppressing collapse of the porous structure of the electrode to prevent an increase in resistance to gas diffusion in the electrode. Based on these effects, the fuel cell exhibits excellent performance characteristics and prevents its performance from deteriorating during continuous operation.

Abstract: An image decoding method is disclosed in the present specification. An image decoding method according to the present invention comprises the step of deriving a first candidate list for the current block by using motion information of neighboring blocks of the current block; deriving a second candidate list for the current block by using previously reconstructed motion information; deriving a third candidate list by using the first candidate list and the second candidate list; and deriving a prediction block for the current block by using the third candidate list.

Abstract: A method of generating shared information includes determining an attenuation effect on transmission power of a new radio station due to a reception mask of an existing radio station, calculating an interference effect of the existing radio station due to the new radio station using the attenuation effect, determining a protection domain of the existing radio station according to the interference effect, and generating shared information to be used by the new radio station based on the protection domain, wherein the protection domain is a domain in which a frequency available to the new radio station is restricted.

Abstract: A metal-halo oxyanion electrode and battery including the metal-halo oxyanion electrode is described.

Abstract: An optically computed optical coherence tomography (OC-OCT) technology is disclosed. The OC-OCT system performs depth resolved imaging by computing the Fourier transform of the interferometric spectra optically. The OC-OCT system modulates the interferometric spectra with Fourier basis function projected to a spatial light modulator and detects the modulated signal without spectral discrimination. The optical computation strategy enables volumetric OCT imaging without performing mechanical scanning and without the need for Fourier transform in a computer. OC-OCT performs Fourier transform signal processing optically, without the need of mechanical scanning, and before data acquisition unlike traditional OCT methods and systems. The scan-less OCT imaging is achieved through the use of spatial light modulator (SLM) that precisely manipulates light wave to generate output with desired amplitude and phase.

Abstract: Provided are a directional pattern calculation method and apparatus for a beam pointing adjustable antenna. In the design method, key control factors are quantized, for example, a arrangement and combination modes for a plurality of slot units and wave-controlled codes for conducting and cut-off states of a slot unit, and different combinations of slot units and a far-field directional pattern of a controlled array antenna are evaluated, so that electrical performance indicators of the array antenna can be further evaluated. Weighting calculation is implemented for a directional pattern of a beam pointing adjustable antenna. Key information such as a form of a slot unit and a arrangement and combination modes for slot units can be globally optimized. Optimization on selection, a permutation, a combination, a spacing, and the like of slot units is greatly saved during antenna design, so as to focus on design of a structural form of a slot unit.

Abstract: A device for online detection of an atmospheric salt fog content and a detection method thereof are provided. The device comprises a sampling module and an analysis module comprising a spectrophotometer. The sampling module comprises a liquid absorbent storage tank, a liquid reagent storage tank, an air pump, a relay pump, a sampling bottle, a reaction bottle, a sampling syringe, and a cuvette. The air pump is used to draw air into the sampling bottle. The relay pump is used to draw a liquid absorbent in the liquid absorbent storage tank into the sampling bottle, to draw a solution in the sampling bottle into the reaction bottle, and to draw a liquid reagent in the liquid reagent storage tank into the reaction bottle. The cuvette is provided on a conveyor. The sampling syringe can draw all solution in the reaction bottle into the cuvette provided on the conveyor.